📊 Malachi Fagan-Walcott - Key Stats
Heart of Midlothian have been linked with 24-year-old former Spurs defender Malachi Fagan-Walcott following an impressive spell at York City 👀
So what may have made the former Dundee & Dunfermline man stand out to Jamestown?
Here’s what the data shows 👇
⚔️ 5.16 defensive duels /90 with a huge 74.6% win rate
📈 Ranks ABOVE Halkett, Findlay & Kent in both metrics.
🪂 Aerial duel volume and success rate comparable to Steinwender & Findlay — although still below Halkett & Kent.
🧠 Much more involved on the ball than Hearts’ current CBs:
🎯 60.32 passes /90
✅ 87% pass accuracy
Both higher than Findlay, Steinwender & Halkett.
🎨 0.34 key passes /90
📦 1.54 passes into the penalty area /90
That creative output is miles above any current Hearts CB and his key pass numbers outperform players including Alan Forrest, Tomas Magnusson, Oisín McEntee & Marc Leonard despite playing at centre-back.
⚽ 8 goals from 6.54 xG
A genuine threat from both set pieces and open play.
York City played plenty of football in a back three which gave Malachi more freedom to step out from central areas (explaining some of the attacking data) and that role would likely look different in a back four.
But with Hearts needing more pace, athleticism and depth at CB — combined with Jamestown’s known love of lower league English talent — this feels like a move that would make a lot of sense 👀